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Box office. $5 million [1] The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. It was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass.
Jan 23, 2004 · 95 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2004. Roger Ebert. January 23, 2004. 5 min read. McNamara agreed to talk with Morris for an hour or so, supposedly for a TV special. He eventually spent 20 hours peering into Morris’ “Interrotron,” a video device that allows Morris and his subjects to look into each other’s eyes while also looking directly into the ...
Jul 6, 2009 · In 2003, filmmaker Errol Morris released the documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. Taken from a series of interviews Morris conducted with McNamara, the ...
l Morris parcels out in the format of 11 life lessons.1. EMPATHIZE WITH YOUR ENEMYA major conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis, was diverted through an understanding of the enemy’s intentions, while the Vi. tn. m War is sad proof that blin. miscomprehension leads to irreparable destruction.2. RATIONALITY WILL NOT SAVE USOur rational minds take ...
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Apr 22, 2004 · The Fog of War is only the second time that Morris has dealt with a public figure (the first was physicist Stephen Hawking in 1991’s A Brief History of Time). The rest of his work (including films such as The Thin Blue Line [1988] and Mr. Death [1999] and the 17-part TV series, First Person [2000, 2001]) has been about people who live far from the spotlight.
Nov 1, 2003 · Morris reads a lot, which has directly influenced his style and subject choices. The Thin Blue Line (1988) came out a newspaper article, as did Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999). Stephen Hawking’s book A Brief History of Time was the catalyst for the film of the same name, and The Fog of War shares a
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Oct 3, 2003 · Review: The Fog of War. Morris maintains his usual ironic distance, both wary of and fascinated by his subject. As stressed by Robert S. McNamara, the principle at the heart of Errol Morris’s The Fog of War is that reason has its limits. Such a statement, coming from someone once considered a clinical intellectual in the business of society ...
